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Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon (D) is running for #MESen to try to topple "moderate" Susan Collins (R) from office.
- Daily Kos
Democrat Sara Gideon, speaker of Maine's House of Representatives, is running against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable members of Mitch McConnell's conference this cycle. "Susan Collins has been in the Senate for 22 years,"...
Senator and 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders unveils sweeping bill to cancel all student debt
- HuffPost
The new proposal from the 2020 presidential candidate would get rid of all the existing student loan debt in the country.
Washington Gov. and 2020 Presidential contender Jay Inslee (D) has released a common-sense proposal to ban fracking nationwide.
- BuzzFeed News
Jay Inslee on Monday released his campaign's fourth climate policy.
Former Congressman Joe Sestak is the latest to enter the crowded 2020 Democratic Presidential race. #2020Dems
- NBC News
Sestak is a Navy veteran and former congressman who twice ran for Senate in Pennsylvania.
Talking Points Memo exclusive: The Trump Administration has declared that it will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union. If this move goes through, there will be a major harmful impact on voters residing overseas wishing to cast their votes.
The Trump administration has supported plenty of moves to make it harder to vote. But an under-the-radar action President Trump took...
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have a lot in common (esp. on economic inequality), but also a lot that differentiates them (esp. on foreign policy and approaches to implementing policy visions).
- Vox
Sanders and Warren: two candidates with similar policies and fundamentally different politics.
#DemDebate podium lineups:
Night 1: de Blasio, Ryan, Castro, Booker, Warren, O'Rourke, Klobuchar, Gabbard, Inslee, Delaney
Night 2: Williamson, Hickenlooper, Yang, Buttigieg, Biden, Sanders, Harris, Gillibrand, Bennet, Swalwell
- NBC News
NBC announced the positions of the Democratic presidential candidates for the two-night debate on June 26 and 27.
The lineup as to when the 20 Democrats eligible for the 1st debate will participate in:
Night 1 (06.26.2019): Booker, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Inslee, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Ryan, Warren
Night 2 (06.27.2019): Bennet, Biden, Buttigieg, Gillibrand, Harris, Hickenlooper, Sanders, Swalwell, Williamson, Yang
#DemDebate #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
The debates will be on NBC on June 26 and 27.
The 20 candidates who qualify for the first Democratic debate of the 2020 Presidential Election that is to be held on 06.26.2019 and 06.27.2019 are as follows:
Qualified via both grassroots funding and polling: Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Castro, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Harris, Inslee, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Sanders, Warren, Williamson, Yang
qualified via polling only: Bennet, de Blasio, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Ryan, Swalwell
Missed the cut: Bullock, Gravel, Messam, Moulton
#2020Dems #DemDebate
- NBC News
The Democratic National Committee set two ways for the candidates to qualify — fundraising and polling.
NBC News has announced the 5 moderators for the 1st debate's two nights on 06.26 and 06.27:
- Chuck Todd
- Rachel Maddow
- Lester Holt
- José Díaz-Balart
- Savannah Guthrie
H1: Holt, Guthrie, Díaz-Balart
H2: Holt, Maddow, Todd
The presidential primary face-off, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, will take place in Miami on June 26-27.
CNN/DMR/Mediacom poll for #IACaucus (06.02-06.05.2019): Biden leads at 24% but weakening from past polling; Warren and Buttigieg rise to 15% and 14% respectively; Sanders slips from 25% to 16%.
- Vox
A new Des Moines Register/CNN poll finds Biden’s lead eroding as challengers like Warren and Buttigieg gain ground.
2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke suggests a Constitutional amendment for term limits for the offices of House Rep., Senator, and SCOTUS justices. His plan also mentions making Election Day a national holiday, lifetime ban on lobbying for federally elected officials, PAC contribution limits, and restoring voting rights to felons.
- BuzzFeed News
The presidential candidate released a broad voting rights and government reform plan on Wednesday, which would also include making Election Day a national holiday.
Bernie Sanders endorses Marie Newman for the 2020 #IL03 primary, joins Kirsten Gillibrand and Jay Inslee in endorsing Newman. #Twill
- BuzzFeed News
“She will be a powerful voice for upholding Roe v. Wade,” Sanders told BuzzFeed News.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) proposes making it legal to indict sitting Presidents.
- Vox
Warren pledges to appoint an attorney general who would change Justice Department policy around prosecuting presidents.
Bombshell Mother Jones report: The late Tom Hofeller, who was behind several egregiously pro-GOP gerrymanders, wrote that the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 US Census is "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites."
It was drawn up by the architect of Republican gerrymandering.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is the latest Democrat to run for the Presidential nomination. #2020Dems
- Vox
Three-quarters of New Yorkers don’t want de Blasio to run for the White House. He’s doing it anyway.
Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) is the latest Democrat to join the 2020 Presidential race. #2020Dems
- Vox
National Democrats want Bullock to run for Senate in Montana. Instead, he just became the 22nd Democrat to run for president.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is set to enter the crowded 2020 Democratic Presidential primary next week. #2020Dems
- New York Daily News
Mayor de Blasio would be joining a crowded field of Democrats vying for the White House.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D) is the latest to join the crowded 2020 Democratic Presidential primary. #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
There are now more than 20 Democrats running for president.
Richard Lugar (R), a former US Senator who represented Indiana, has passed away at 87.
#INSen
- Talking Points Memo
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the...
Former Obama VP and 2-time Presidential candidate Joe Biden is officially in the 2020 Democratic Presidential race. #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
Joe Biden starts his 2020 campaign as a polling leader, but will face immediate tests to see how he fits in with the current Democratic Party.
BREAKING: Former VP Joe Biden (D) is set to announce his 2020 bid for the Presidency on Thursday. #2020Dems
- CNN
Joe Biden will announce his presidential bid on Thursday with an online video, sources familiar with the plans confirm to CNN, finally answering one of the lingering questions hanging over the 2020 Democratic race.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is set to consider a primary challenge to incumbent Donald Trump in 2020. #2020GOP
- WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he's seriously "considering" running against President Donald Trump in the 2020 primary while he spoke in front of an audience in New Hampshire Tuesday morning.
MJ Hegar (D) is running for #TXSen to challenge incumbent John Cornyn (R) in 2020.
- Texas Tribune
Hegar, the former Air Force helicopter pilot who mounted a spirited challenge to U.S. Rep. John Carter in 2018, is running for the U.S. Senate next year.
Seth Moulton is the latest Democrat to join the 2020 Presidential primary. #2020Dems
- ABC News
He's the 19th Democrat to declare.
BREAKING: The redacted version of the #MuellerReport is now out.
- HuffPost Politics
DOJ:https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf
Attorney General William Barr has released a redacted version of Robert Mueller's special counsel report to Congress and the public.
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe will NOT run in the 2020 Democratic Primary; hasn't ruled out a return to the Governorship for the Commonwealth of Virginia. #VAGov #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
“Where can you help people the most and change people’s lives," McAuliffe said Wednesday night. "As you know, it happens at the state level."
South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg has officially announced the beginning of his 2020 Presidential run. #2020Dems
- CNN
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially launched his presidential campaign on Sunday, formally vaulting the Midwestern Democrat who was largely unknown over a month ago into the large -- and growing -- field of Democrats vying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.
Eric Swalwell is the latest House Democrat to run for President. #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
"It's official," Eric Swalwell said on The Late Show. "Boy did it feel good to say that."
Congressman and pro-Trump toady Matt Gaetz (R) might be switching states to run for Senate in 2020, as he could be moving to Alabama to challenge Doug Jones (D) in the #ALSen race.
- Talking Points Memo
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a Fox News favorite and a bulldog for President Trump on the Hill, is reportedly mulling...
Eric Swalwell is the latest Democrat to join the 2020 Presidential race, and will focus primarily on gun violence. #2020Dems
- The Atlantic
The California congressman is partnering with a Parkland student and says he isn’t afraid of the NRA.
Yet another Democrat has decided to enter the 2020 race for the Presidency. The latest entrant into this race is Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan. #2020Dems
- BuzzFeed News
The Ohio Democrat has been telling local labor leaders about his plans, sources told BuzzFeed News.
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D) will be running for Senate to succeed the retiring Tom Udall (D). #NMSen
- Vox
Luján announces he’s running for New Mexico’s open Senate seat in 2020.
The 2020 Democratic field is facing a major challenge on trade policy: whether to go protectionist or embrace free trade.
- Vox
#2020Dems
Democrats are on the brink of completely reorienting their party on trade.
BREAKING: AG William Barr is set to release the redacted version of the #MuellerReport by mid-April.
- NBC News
"Our progress is such that I anticipate we will be in a position to release the report by mid-April, if not sooner," the attorney general wrote to Congress.
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) is officially in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary. #KirstenGillibrand #2020Dems
- USA TODAY
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally joined the crowded Democratic field of candidates for president in 2020.
It's official: Beto O'Rourke is in the 2020 field to run for the Democratic nomination. #2020Dems
- Texas Tribune
The former Democratic congressman from El Paso is jumping into the crowded race to take on President Donald Trump after his closer-than-expected loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November.
The Hill has an exclusive scoop that former VP Joe Biden is likely considering a run for President in 2020, per an unnamed Democratic lawmaker. #2020Dems
Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for president in 2020, a senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill on Tuesday, a move that will shake up the crowded Democratic primary field and make him the clear front-runner for his party’s nomination ag
Milwaukee has been selected to host the 2020 DNC Convention. Their convention will be held on 07.13.2020-07.16.2020. #MKEDNC2020 #DNC2020 #2020DNC
- POLITICO
Milwaukee beat out Miami, which had mounted an unsuccessful final lobbying blitz to be the host city.
BREAKING: Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) will not run for President in 2020. #2020Dems
- NBC News
"I will do everything I can to elect a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate in 2020," the Ohio Democratic senator said in a statement.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will NOT run for President in 2020. #2020Dems
- POLITICO
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will not run for president in 2020.
On ABC News's The Investigation podcast, Ty Cobb defends Special Counsel Robert Mueller, calls him “an American hero." He slams Trump's inaccurate view that the #TrumpRussia probe is a "witch hunt." #MuellerInvestigation
- ABC News
On Congressional investigations into the White House, Ty Cobb said, "It's never gonna be over."
Sen. Rand Paul (R) is the 4th Republican Senator to vote to block Trump's "national emergency" declaration for border wall funding, joining Democratic Senators and fellow GOP Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Thom Tillis.
As a result, the motion is expect to pass, and Trump is likely to veto. The veto override battle will be an interesting one.
- ThinkProgress
"I cannot support the use of emergency powers to get more funding."
Former Obama AG Eric Holder will NOT run for the Democratic nomination in 2020, as he focuses on redistricting reform efforts.
- Axios
#2020Dems
"I will continue to fight for the future of our country."
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) announces his run for the 2020 Democratic nomination for the Presidency.
- Axios
#2020Dems
The former Colorado governor is marketing himself as a moderate.
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